The Weekly Miscellany; Or, Instructive Entertainer: Containing a Collection of Select Pieces, Both in Prose and Verse; Curious Anecdotes, Instructive Tales, and Ingenious Essays on Different Subjects, Volumen7R. Goadby, 1776 |
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... himself into perdition here and hereaf- ter by her death . In vain fhe prayed ; he gave her a thousand wounds , and I saw her the next morning a bloody , mangled corpfe , in the great houfe in Smithfield , which stood at a diftance from ...
... himself into perdition here and hereaf- ter by her death . In vain fhe prayed ; he gave her a thousand wounds , and I saw her the next morning a bloody , mangled corpfe , in the great houfe in Smithfield , which stood at a diftance from ...
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... himself into William's favour , as to govern with almoft a plenitude of power , was Gerbert , nearly related to a Monk of the fame name , and was by him furnished , from time to time , with inftructions to preserve the authority of a ...
... himself into William's favour , as to govern with almoft a plenitude of power , was Gerbert , nearly related to a Monk of the fame name , and was by him furnished , from time to time , with inftructions to preserve the authority of a ...
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... himself many enemies , by fome tyrannical exertions of his power , you may find it difficult to bring over a fufficient number of the difcontented to your intereft , who are , at the fame time , fuffici- ently able , both with refpect ...
... himself many enemies , by fome tyrannical exertions of his power , you may find it difficult to bring over a fufficient number of the difcontented to your intereft , who are , at the fame time , fuffici- ently able , both with refpect ...
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... himself in the way which the pious Monk had recommended . William , after having refufed to comply with the favourite's requeft , relented . It was not , however , the mere refusal of it which had occafioned his repentance ; it was the ...
... himself in the way which the pious Monk had recommended . William , after having refufed to comply with the favourite's requeft , relented . It was not , however , the mere refusal of it which had occafioned his repentance ; it was the ...
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... himself ftill inclined to carry his daring scheme into execution , and only wore the mafk of hypocrify upon his face , in order to conceal the traiterous defigns of his heart . He was re- ally , indeed , pleased to find himself fully ...
... himself ftill inclined to carry his daring scheme into execution , and only wore the mafk of hypocrify upon his face , in order to conceal the traiterous defigns of his heart . He was re- ally , indeed , pleased to find himself fully ...
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Página 295 - I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood ; he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice ; his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Página 30 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good. and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is a minister of God to thee for good.
Página 222 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Página 295 - I took a single captive, and having first shut him up in his dungeon, I then looked through the twilight of his grated door to take his picture.
Página 222 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright : At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Página 222 - When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Página 222 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Página 130 - ... by voluntary aggravations. We may charge to design the effects of accident; we may think the blow violent only...
Página 295 - He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.
Página 130 - ... insulted by his adversary, or despised by the world. It may be laid down as an unfailing and universal axiom, that " all pride is abject and mean.